Shiner perch - Wikipedia
The shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) is a common surfperch found in estuaries, lagoons, and coastal streams along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California. It is the sole member of its genus.
Shiner perch | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
These perch have dusky greenish back and silvery sides that have a pattern combining horizontal bars with three broad yellow vertical bars. Breeding males turn almost entirely black, obscuring the barred pattern with dark speckles. Shiner perch are distinguished by having 8-9 dorsal fin spines, and 18 to 23 dorsal rays.
Shiner Perch - Pier Fishing in California
2021年2月18日 · Called minnow, shiner, or sparda by 19th century fishermen. In Mexico called majarra brillosa or perca. Identification: Their coloring is gray to greenish above, and silvery below. Females have three yellow bars on the side; the males typically only have yellow bars during the winter, in the breeding season they are nearly black.
Shiner Perch Enhanced Status Report - California
Shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata), is a member of the surfperch family Embiotocidae, which is composed of 23 species, 18 of them occurring in California’s coastal waters. Members of this family are commonly called surfperch, seaperch, and perch.
Shiner Surfperch | Online Learning Center - Aquarium of the Pacific
The most common surfperch found along the California coast, shiner surfperch typically live in loose aggregations in shallow waters of eelgrass beds, around pilings, piers, oil platforms, and in the back waters of bays and sloughs.
Shiner Perch Enhanced Status Report - California
Commercial gear use for taking shiner perch include trap, hook and line, and beam trawl. Sport fishermen use baited traps, dip nets, hoop nets, cast nets (north of Point Conception), and hook and line. The primary market is live bait; they have a limited commercial market as a food fish.
Shiner perch - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
The shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) is a common surfperch found in estuaries, lagoons, and coastal streams along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California. It is the sole member of its genus.
California Fish Species - California Fish Website - UC Davis
Shiner Perch live in marine, bay, and estuarine environments. They are found in waters with salinities ranging from 0-35 ppt, though Shiner Perch typically prefer a salinity of at least 10 ppt. At the mouth of a river, younger fish are found upstream of the older ones, as they have a greater tolerance for freshwater.
Shiner Perch - Fish'n BC
These perch have dusky greenish back and silvery sides that have a pattern combining horizontal bars with three broad yellow vertical bars. Breeding males turn almost entirely black, obscuring the barred pattern with dark speckles. Shiner perch are distinguished by having 8-9 dorsal fin spines, and 18 to 23 dorsal rays.
Shiner surfperch | Animals | Monterey Bay Aquarium
Meet the shiner surfperch. The most abundant surfperch along the California coast, shiner surfperch live in loose schools in sloughs and bays and around pilings. Did you know? A male shiner surfperch changes color with the seasons. Come summer, he covers his shiny silver and yellow stripes with a darker suit of courtship colors.